PRODUCTION: Adalbert's Dream in pre-production

Gabriel Achim's first feature, Aldabert's Dream, is a black comedy set on May 8, 1986, the anniversary of the Communist Party, and the day following a historic Champion's League football…
19-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Foxes

Mira Fornay's debut film Foxes screens in competition at Finale Plzen, following a successful premiere at the Venice festival last fall.
19-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Walking Too Fast

Radim Špaček returns to the absurdism of Communist life in the 1980's in his Finale Plzen competition film Walking Too Fast (Pouta), a Czech/Slovak/Polish coproduction.
19-04-2010

Slovak Audiovisual Fund announces its first grants

The Slovak Audiovisual Fund (www.avf.sk) has approved grants totalling 1,245,300 Euro in its first round of support for Slovak films.
18-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Men in Rut

Robert Sedláček's satirical comedy Men in Rut, screening in the main Finale Plzen main competition, takes place during the "Deer-Luring" competition in a south Moravian village.
18-04-2010

FNE at Istanbul IFF: Winners 2010

The closing of the 29th Istanbul IFF (www.ifsv.org) in Istanbul was over shadowed by the pan-European air chaos as international guests attending the ceremony prepared to either extend their stay…
18-04-2010

CFC screens shorts at Plzen

The Czech Film Center will present a marathon of Czech short films as well as its annual presentation of selected upcoming films at the Finale festival of Czech films in…
18-04-2010

FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Kawasaki's Rose

Director Jan Hrebejk's film Kawasaki´s Rose screens in competition at Finale Plzen after its Berlinale success where it picked up awards from the Ecumenical Jury and the Jury of the…
18-04-2010

IMAX signs first deal in Croatia

IMAX announced its first agreement in the former Yugoslavia, with with Blitz-Cinestar, to open a stand-alone IMAX theatre as part of a ten-screen cinema, the Cinestar Arena in Zagreb.
15-04-2010

Slovakia unveils new doc fest

Building upon its emergence as a documentary powerhouse, Slovakia is launching a new documentary festival, Fórum.DOCsk.
15-04-2010

Czechs digitalize their film heritage

The Czech MEDIA Desk is hosting a panel on Digitalization of the Czech Film Heritage on April 21, as part of the Days of European Film festival,
15-04-2010

Finale fest picks nine Czech competition films

The Finale festival of Czech films (www.filmfestfinale.cz) opens April 18 in Plzen, with nine new Czech feature films in the main competition.
15-04-2010

IMAX signs first deal in Croatia

IMAX announced the signing of its first cinema in the former Yugoslav territories, with Croatian exhibitor Blitz-Cinestar, to open in Zabreb in December 2010.
15-04-2010

ERA New Horizons launches film workshop

ERA New Horizons International Film Festival will introduce NEW HORIZONS Studio, a workshop for young film professionals, taking place July 26-29, 2010, as part of this year's festival, running July…
14-04-2010

Croatia increases support for coproductions

The Croatian audiovisual centre announced grants to three minority feature film co-productions with a total 370,000 euros.
14-04-2010

Turkey’s Top Resort To Host Big Bash For Turkish TV Awards

ANTALYA: The first ever Ismail Cem Turkish TV Awards (http://www.ismailcemawards.com/) on 24 April in Antalya promises to be one of the biggest events of the year in Turkey. Antalya already…
14-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Cezary Pazura prepares his directing debut

Popular Polish actor/singer/comic Cezary Pazura debuts as a director and producer in his comedy titled Weekend.
13-04-2010

PRODUCTON: Leaving prepares for June filming

Former Czech president and renowned playwright Vaclav Havel announced he will begin shooting his film directing debut, Leaving (based on his stage play) in June.
12-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Conan filming in Bulgaria

The Nu Image/Millennium/Lionsgate Conanremake starring Jason Momoa has begun a 12-week shoot in Sofia.
12-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Snow White: Turkish Photo Artist Selim Gunes Directs First Feature Snow White

ISTANBUL: Celebrated Turkish photo artist Selim Gunes is in production on his first feature film Snow White produced by Istanbul based Augostos Film (www.agustos.com). The film was one of nine…
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